April 21, 1863, Natchez Daily Courier
Hospital Stores, for the Jackson (Miss.) Hospital, where we are informed from the best authority in the world, that our brave soldiers are perishing daily for articles of nourishment. You that have these articles of luxury at home, cannot find a better opportunity to appropriate them. We will gladly take charge of all donations at this office, and forward the same.
Let us examine our store-houses, and see if there cannot be something done for the sick soldier. A valuable life saved by good nursing is an acquisition of importance to our army service. You that have a plenty, come forward and fill a box of hospital stores. Live a short time on hard food, that the brave soldier may recover again and enjoy his hard rations.
Tableaux, Concert and Supper.
Our friends in the city and county, will bear in mind the entertainment to be given in the vicinity of Green Wood Church, for the benefit of the Natchez Free market, for Soldiers’ Families. The tickets are now out. Let them all be taken up, whether you can attend or not. There is every prospect of reviving the market again on a firm basis. You that have a plenty, remember the Soldiers’ Families.